John Muir -- His Life and Letters and Other Writings

edited by Terry Gifford

John Muir -- His Life and Letters and Other Writings
edited by Terry Gifford
1996
Seattle: Mountaineers Books, and London: Baton Wicks

New John Muir collection includes personal correspondence and rare
writings of acclaimed conservationist

John Muir -- His Life and Letters and Other Writings
is a new collection which combines selected letters written by the noted
conservationist to his numerous collaborators and admirers with
portions of Muir's unfinished autobiography.

Also included in this omnibus are some of Muir's lesser-known books,
including
The Cruise of the Corwin
, which describes the search for a
ship lost in Alaskan waters in 1876;
Stickeen
, a loving portrait of a dog
that accompanied Muir on a glacier exploration trip;
and
Edward Henry Harriman
, a tribute to a railroad magnate
who was one of Muir's most unlikely political allies.
Other works included are taken from
Muir's rarely seen and published pamphlets and essays, such as
The Discovery of Glacier Bay
,
Picturesque California
, and several scientific papers.

The editor

Terry Gifford is a noted climbing writer and poet, and is currently
Senior Lecturer in
English
at Bretton Hall College,
University of Leeds
.

His collections include
The Stone Spiral
,
Ten Letters to John Muir
,
Outcrops
, and
John Muir: Eight Wilderness-Discovery Books
.
He lives in England.

Pricing and availability

John Muir - His Life and Letters and Other Writings
(ISBN 0-89886-463-1)
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